Slight Return had a great time jamming at the Motor City Muscle Festival in Detroit, MI Photos courtesy of Kathy Ruzan- Katzeyezz Photography Check out the gallery page for more photos #welcometothed
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We would like to welcome bass Phenom William Pope to the Slight Return family! Versed in Rock, R&B, Jazz, Techno and Gospel, he’s one of the most dynamic, soulful bass players in the business! William has toured extensively- including shows in Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Alaska, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain,[…]
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Slight Return will be performing on August 18th at 12 Noon for the Motor City Muscle Festival in Detroit, MI on the Campus Martius Stage
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We are extremely fortunate and thankful to add another great guest to the Slight Return upcoming release- bassist Glenn Letsch! He will be joining Pete Thompson on the same track. Glenn has played with Gregg Allman, Robin Trower, Neal Schon, Ronnie Montrose, and many others. He’s got a great album out called “Funky[…]
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We are happy to announce that Slight Return will be recording a song with another great musician- drummer Pete Thompson! Pete has played with Robert Plant, Robin Trower, Silverhead and many others! Here is an article on Pete from Modern Drummer Magazine! Pete Thompson
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Have a great 4th of July! (Mark Kassa at Jimmy John’s Stadium performing the Star Spangled Banner)
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Fun times! Billy Cox- from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys- autographing my 1969 Shin-ei Univibe after we finished a recording session at his studio in Nashville (He’s wearing a hat and shirt from my “Welcome to the D” and “The D” apparel lines (welcometothed.com) Went there with my buddy Bill Von[…]
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Slight Return recording sessions at Soundhouse Studios in Seattle, WA with renowned producer Jack Endino. The album includes a guest solo from Jack and a solo from San Diego producer Rich Mansor- who used Jack’s amp- that Kurt Cobain also recorded with on the Nirvana Bleach Album. Long hours and[…]
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Slight Return has won the Motor City Muscle Festival Anthem contest with our song “Welcome To The D”. We will be on a compilation release and be performing at the event the weekend of Aug 17-19th (TBD) in downtown Detroit at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius. The festival will be[…]
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We are happy to announce that Slight Return and Welcome To the D T-Shirts are now available on Amazon Prime! https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-To-The-Slight-T-Shirt/dp/B07BKWTSFV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524842848&sr=8-1&keywords=slight+return+t+shirt For more designs visit welcometothed.com http://welcometothed.com/ Welcome To The D
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Very grateful to be on the Shin-ei endorsement page alongside guitar greats Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Doyle Bramhall Jr, Oz Noy and others. Check out some of their great new products at shin-ei.com Demo videos are on the site, including one from myself. Great products hand built by Dustin[…]
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Had a great interview with Dave Pirner-lead vocalist for the Grammy Award Winning band Soul Asylum- on The D Cap show with hosts Tom McDonough and Mark Kassa. Here is the video to Soul Asylum’s hit song Runaway Train- a powerful video depicting the sad plight of the missing youths[…]
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The DMAN All Stars were featured on the Discover Life Channel! Proud to be a part of such a great organization that does so much good! #bethemiracle
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Slight Return will be performing LIVE at Sweetwater Entertainment in Waterford on Saturday May 12th 2018! The show is 3 days after we return from Seattle recording our new album so you’ll get to hear some unreleased songs at the show! Also- you will see the debut of bassist extraordinaire[…]
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Coming up on May 5th, Slight Return will be flying out to The Emerald City- Seattle- to record a new album titled “The Sideshow” at Soundhouse Studios with Grammy Award Winning producer Jack Endino. Looking forward to getting some fresh tracks recorded…
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The 2018 Slight Return Press Kit- w/George Clinton, Jack Endino, Billy Cox, Andy Vargas, Dennis Coffey, Davey Pattison, Tony Lindsay, Dennis Chambers, Pat Lewis, Jim Diamond. Slight Return is: Mark Kassa (guitar/vocals), Eddie Apple (bass), Ronnie Karmo (drums), Tony Mitchell (percussion/vocals)
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Tomorrow on the The D Cap talk show, Tom McDonough and I will be interviewing iconic multi-platinum producer Jim Gaines. Jim has over a dozen Grammy Awards and Platinum Albums he has recorded and produced including – Stevie Ray Vaughan- In Step, Santana- multiple albums including Supernatural, Steve Miller- Fly[…]
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Enjoyed another great Santana show thanks to our friends Sean Guthrie and Andy Vargas- two of the best! Don’t forget to check out the great singing Andy did on the Slight Return Vicious Tides album! #souleros #vicioustides #beyondthebarricade
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http://rlrecordings.com/Thank you Tom McDonough for adding Mark Kassa to the RL Recordings Record Label staff (a subsidiary of Universal Records) as a producer/songwriter. I’ll be joining a great team of other producers/musicians/A&R from around the country. Looking forward to working with some great musicians and releasing Slight Return music on[…]
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